Since the creation of Purdue Innovates in 2023, the comprehensive system has worked to streamline access and strengthen support to technology commercialization and startup support resources. The push to provide top-tier resources for entrepreneurial activities in Indiana is paying off. In fiscal year 2024 Purdue once again reached new entrepreneurial milestones, shattering records set just last year.
Growing up, Sam Peana loved to build things. Graduating this spring with his PhD from Purdue in electrical engineering, Peana has received several scholarships, fellowships and awards during his young career. He won the College of Engineering’s 2024 Outstanding Research Award. And this spring, he was awarded a three-year Truman Fellowship from Sandia National Laboratories to continue his research and postdoctoral studies, beginning this October, at the U.S. Department of Energy facility in New Mexico.
The quality and impact of work led by Purdue University researchers continue to be recognized by external funding bodies. Here are the Purdue researchers who received Sponsored Program awards approaching $1 million or greater in July.
The newest episode of “This Is Purdue” features Preeti Sivasankar, Purdue University’s vice president for research innovation and a professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Learn more about Preeti’s research in voice disorders, what causes them and how we can prevent vocal strain – as well as how she is leading other Boilermaker researchers as their work continues to impact the world.
